Opening Statement – Spring 2018 (PDF)
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The Opening Statement is a free quarterly newsletter that features articles written by those currently imprisoned by the state of Michigan. We publish poetry, political writing and opinion pieces, as well as other relevant pieces by non-incarcerate authors. We include author names (legal name in parenthesis, required for prisoner mail) and MDOC numbers below to encourage writing to folks whose pieces inspire you. Check out the Pen Pal page for tips on writing to someone inside.
Articles and Authors listed below:
Black History Is… by The Coldest Moe-Moe
Voices of the Urban Struggle by Wise
Oppression or Corrections by Earl Rodgers #468515
Your Right Not to be a Slave: The 13th Amendment and Michigan’s Criminal System by Rand W. Gould #187131
Labels by Marcus MaKulski A.K.A. Delray Bone #382583
City Planning & Mass Incarceration by Jamal Hammond
Michigan Abolition and Prisoner Solidarity 